Isabel was apprehended the next day in a nearby parking garage. And on that particular day, I was the number one supporter of the Aurora Police. They apprehended the suspect of an absolutely Mansonesque crime and did it without:

Why, then, was the following necessary? In the aftermath of the unsolved death of 14-year-old April Millsap, police in the small town of Armada, Michigan – 50 miles northeast of Detroit, poplulation 1730 – effectively put a blockade on the entire town. They stopped and questioned every person entering or leaving.

There are numerous crimes in America everyday. And while violent crimes are down by almost half since 1990, there has been a massive expansion in the militarization of law enforcement.

Oklahoma City was not put on lockdown after the bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in 1995. Nor was Atlanta put on lockdown after the bombing at the 1996 Olympics. Why, then, was the “shelter in place” order “necessary” in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing?

No police state measures were deemed “necessary” in Boulder, Colorado, in the aftermath of the still unsolved 1996 murder of JonBenet Ramsey. Why, then, did the authorities do what they did in Armada, Michigan?

We have a metastasizing police state because we tolerate it.

And the more we dismiss episodes such as those on Aurora, Boston and, now, Armada as “isolated incidents”, the more we will get.

Aurora, June 2, 2012. This’ll teach the punk not to drive to close to a robbery suspect.

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My name is Doug Newman. I live in Aurora, Colorado, just outside Denver. Food for the Thinkers is mostly about the connection between Christianity and libertarianism. Most Christians do not understand libertarianism. And most libertarians do not understand Christianity. Hopefully, this blog helps clear up those misunderstanding.
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And remember: When you let people do whatever they want, you get Woodstock. But when you let governments do whatever they want, you get Auschwitz.